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Which therefore leads to the quite
virulent or violent political activism of
young people locked into a single way of
thinking.

3. The “masks” of certain Internet users
are revealed: hate speech and violence

Political activism on Tiktok has been able to
remove the masks of certain users sharing To conclude, it must be said that this
racist and sectarian posts separating “native election period was not easy for the French
French” and dual nationals. People also and it was and was fueled by the tense

insult each other on the application by debates between the parties and the heavy
calling each other “leftists who are going to opinions shared on social networks. The
ruin the country” or “racist fascists”. In fact, increased visibility of different parties,
there are two types of users: a hostile particularly on TikTok, has amplified
minority whose main concern was the fact tensions and divisions within French
that immigrants “steal” work reserved for society, with debates often heated and
“original” ethnic French people. Against it polarizing. Despite these complex dynamics,
there is a majority open to diversity and the election results ultimately resulted in the
recognizes the role of immigrants formation of a diverse but fragmented
contributing to the construction of the parliament, requiring compromise and
France that we know today. alliances to govern effectively. The task that
In addition, videos have circulated on the now faces France is that of rebuilding
application of interviews carried out with governmental unity, while addressing the
French people aged between 50 and 70 who divisions exacerbated by an intense and
support the RN, and spread hate speech sometimes acrimonious electoral campaign.
against Arabs and Africans. Besides this,
violence against people of color, Muslims,
Jews and immigrants has increased in French

streets and between French people on social
networks. Some politicians believe this rise is
because of the popularity of the far right.

July 2024, p.19